With October 2018 release of Acrobat, converting EMF files to PDFs is disabled. If you try to convert an EMF file to PDF using Acrobat, you see a message saying that it’s an unsupported file type.
Product | Version |
Acrobat DC | 19.008.20071.303822 |
Acrobat 2017 | 17.011.30105.303785 |
Acrobat 2015 Classic | 15.006.30456.303786 |
If you still want to enable the ability to convert EMF files to PDFs, create a registry key (Windows) as mentioned below.
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In the registry editor, based on your installed version of the product, go the version-specific location listed below, and create the key FeatureState at the location; the key may not be present by default.
For Acrobat DC (Continuous):
- Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\(Wow6432Node)\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureState
For Acrobat DC (Classic - Acrobat 2017):
- Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\(Wow6432Node)\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\2017\FeatureState
For Acrobat DC (Classic - Acrobat 2015):
- Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\(Wow6432Node)\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\2015\FeatureState